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How does relative dating work?

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Relative dating is how scientists determine how old a species is by looking at the undisturbed layers of rock. The deeper down the layer is the older the fossil is. (:

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How relative dating works?
That is considered insest so I'm sure that it isn't taken lightly.
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the science of determining the relative order of past events or in simpler words the ordering of rocks in sequence by their comparative ages
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